Brown University the upset winner in ECAC hockey

Goalie Anthony Borelli earned his fourth shutout of the season as Brown University upset top-ranked Quinnipiac University, 4-0, in the ECAC men’s hockey semifinals on Friday at Atlantic City, N.J.

The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA

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Posted Mar. 23, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 23, 2013 at 11:02 PM

Posted Mar. 23, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 23, 2013 at 11:02 PM

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Matt Lorito scored two goals and Anthony Borelli made 29 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season as Brown University upset top-ranked Quinnipiac University, 4-0, in the ECAC men’s hockey semifinals on Friday at Atlantic City, N.J.

The Bears (16-13-6), who finished seventh in the ECAC with a 7-9-6 record, were the only conference team Quinnipiac didn’t beat during the regular season. The teams fought to 1-1 and 3-3 ties.

Lorito and Garnet Hathaway scored first-period goals, and Brown effectively put the game away with two goals less than three minutes apart in the second. Joe Prescott, a freshman forward from Norwell, collected his first collegiate assist on Francis Drolet’s goal at 12:57 of the second.

The Bears have reached the ECAC final for the first time since 1993, when current head coach Brendan Whittet was a junior defenseman at the school. They’ll face the winner of Friday’s semifinal between No. 3 Yale and No. 4 Union in Saturday’s 7 p.m. final.